On the heels of Labor Day, the question I am most asked as Chamber President is, “Will there be a Christmas Parade this year?” I am happy to report that the answer to that question is a resounding … maybe!

Hill Country Memorial recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Kathleen Cailloux Birthing Center. Since the birthing center opened in the former HCM Women’s Pavilion, it has welcomed over 420 babies.

As most of you are well aware, there will be no Fredericksburg Oktoberfest at Marktplatz this year. However, we will all be able to get a little taste of the Oktoberfest fun on Saturday, Oct. 3, starting at 4 p.m. — virtually — at www.oktoberfestinfbg.com.

To say the year 2020 has been a roller coaster for businesses would be an understatement. But not everyone has been riding the same coaster. The speed, frequency of twists and turns, angle of decent and number of laps have been different for varying industries.

Admiral Nimitz Foundation and The National Museum of the Pacific War will host the 33rd annual symposium online Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18-19.

Gillespie Unit of the League of Women Voters — Hill Country, Texas will be holding a planning meeting at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

Bella Luz’s Kathy Simmons, RN, BSN, has announced that the Age Management Center of the Hill Country is now in Kerrville. The new center is home to four health care providers combining technology, artistic, technical skills and medicine to act as a one-stop-shop for age management consultations and treatments.

Six months have now passed since we started to see the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic for the tourism industry here in Fredericksburg and Gillespie County as well as around the United States. So now might be a good time for a quick assessment of where things stand.

With a new official National Park Service mobile app, visitors can explore Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, including the LBJ Ranch.

In each of our tired, overcrowded brains, we keep The List. Not the daily to-dos of busy work and family life that we jot on sticky notes or list in the pages of planners. I am talking about THE List. It’s the place to which we mentally append anything that needs to be done some day, but is likely not to become urgent anytime soon, if ever.